HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-1000019 - Page 19
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About This Document The Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide is written to help you, the storage area network (SAN) administrator, to monitor, configure, and manage your SAN. This document is specific to Fabric Manager version 5.2.0 and all switches running Brocade Fabric OS version 5.2.0 and XPath version 7.1.2c or later. For a detailed list of the firmware and hardware versions that are supported with specific versions of Fabric Manager, refer to the Fabric Manager release notes. In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are not. "About This Document" contains the following sections: • "How This Document Is Organized," next • "Supported Hardware and Software" on page xxi • "What's New in This Document" on page xxi • "Document Conventions" on page xxii • "Additional Information" on page xxiii • "Getting Technical Help" on page xxvi • "Document Feedback" on page xxvii How This Document Is Organized This document is organized to help you find the particular information that you want as quickly and easily as possible. The document contains the following components: • Chapter 1, "Introducing Fabric Manager," provides an overview of Fabric Manager and lists the supported operating systems. • Chapter 2, "Installation," provides information and instructions on installing the Fabric Manager server on supported operating systems. • Chapter 3, "Fabric Manager Client," introduces you to the graphical user interface. • Chapter 4, "Discovering and Customizing Fabrics," includes common tasks that fabric administrators perform. • Chapter 5, "Viewing Fabric Topologies," describes Fabric Manager's Topology View. • Chapter 6, "Displaying Name Server Information," includes information in the Name Server table. • Chapter 7, "Monitoring Alerts and Events," provides information about different types of Fabric Manager alerts and switch events, and how to manage and monitor them using Fabric Manager. Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide xix Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP